Ditto that. I have an 88 GVL in Tempe AZ I would consider letting go to the right person. It has over 100K, runs fine but will probably need the carb rebuilt

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Ditto that.

I have an 88 GVL in Tempe AZ I would
consider letting go to the right person. It has over 100K, runs fine but
will probably need the carb rebuilt and some gaskets to stop some leaks. No AC,
Fiat Strata rims and hub caps and a 87 GV parts car with title. I just
have too many projects and elderly parents that take a lot of my
time.

Howdy from SoCal... I have an 87 GV that I m in the process of rebuilding for some Solo 2 fun. Taking a 1500 engine and doing the prep work on it to put out

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Howdy from SoCal...

I have an 87 GV that I'm in the process of rebuilding for some Solo 2 fun. Taking a 1500 engine and doing the prep work on it to put out around 95-100 hp for the time being. Have put together a big valved head (39x35) with relatively unmodified ports. Will install a DGV carb on the stock manifold, a 270 cam, and a set of JE pistons of my own design. Have modified the connecting rods to lighten them, as well as the flywheel (2.5 lb reduction). Everything will get balanced and blue printed. I run an automotive machine shop and have all the right toys at my disposal to build the engine. I have several videos on StreetFire.net, and one in particular that might be of interest to the group.

I have an 88 GVL in Tempe AZ I would consider letting go to the right
person. It has over 100K, runs fine but will probably need the carb rebuilt and some gaskets to stop some leaks. No AC, Fiat Strata rims and hub caps and a 87 GV parts car with title. I just have too many projects and elderly parents that take a lot of my time.

My FIAT is a 1984 Betone. It s white over dark gray with a red leather interior. It has A/C and power windows. I got two years ago with less than 3000 miles on

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My FIAT is a 1984 Betone.

It's white over dark gray with a red leather interior.

It has A/C and power windows.

I got two years ago with less than 3000 miles on it.

I had to do some efi work and put on new tires(it had the original tires on it still)and a clutch master cylinder.Just for safety I also replaced the rubber brakes hoses and new rotors and pads which were also original.It's a sweet car on summer days out on the county roads here in Wisconsin.

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I have always heard that if you put a 1300 head on a 1500 block you can get more power. John Edwards wrote: Howdy from SoCal...

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I have always heard that if you put a 1300 head on a 1500 block you can get more power.

John Edwards <fiat_nut@...> wrote:

Howdy from SoCal...

I have an 87 GV that I'm in the process of rebuilding for some Solo 2 fun. Taking a 1500 engine and doing the prep work on it to put out around 95-100 hp for the time being. Have put together a big valved head (39x35) with relatively unmodified ports. Will install a DGV carb on the stock manifold, a 270 cam, and a set of JE pistons of my own design. Have modified the
connecting rods to lighten them, as well as the flywheel (2.5 lb reduction). Everything will get balanced and blue printed. I run an automotive machine shop and have all the right toys at my disposal to build the engine. I have several videos on StreetFire.net, and one in particular that might be of interest to the group.

I have an 88 GVL in Tempe AZ I would consider letting go to the right person. It has over 100K, runs fine but will probably need the carb rebuilt and some gaskets to stop some leaks. No AC, Fiat Strata rims and hub caps and a 87 GV parts car with title. I just have too many projects and elderly parents that take a lot of my time.

The chamber volume is about the same on the 1300 & 1500, the real deal is installing the 1100 head... then you ve got some real compression. JE... DANIEL

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The chamber volume is about the same on the 1300 & 1500, the real deal is installing the 1100 head... then you've got some real compression.

JE...

DANIEL BOGUSE <rustycat97@...> wrote:

I have always heard that if you put a 1300 head on a 1500 block you can get more power.

John Edwards <fiat_nut@yahoo. com> wrote:

Howdy from SoCal...

I have an 87 GV
that I'm in the process of rebuilding for some Solo 2 fun. Taking a 1500 engine and doing the prep work on it to put out around 95-100 hp for the time being. Have put together a big valved head (39x35) with relatively unmodified ports. Will install a DGV carb on the stock manifold, a 270 cam, and a set of JE pistons of my own design. Have modified the connecting rods to lighten them, as well as the flywheel (2.5 lb reduction). Everything will get balanced and blue printed. I run an automotive machine shop and have all the right toys at my disposal to build the engine. I have several videos on StreetFire.net, and one in particular that might be of interest to the group.

I have an 88 GVL in Tempe AZ I would consider letting go to the right person. It has over 100K, runs fine but will probably need the carb rebuilt and some gaskets to stop some leaks. No AC, Fiat Strata rims and hub caps and a 87 GV parts car with title. I just have too many projects and elderly parents that take a lot of my time.

One of the things I did was open up the plenum chamber in the intake, straight down, with about 3/8 inch of carb mounting area left. I made an effort to use a fairly large radius to blend the plenum into the intake runners. The runners I didn't remove hardly any material, and all was finished with a fairly coarse emory paper, to hopefully promote break up of fuel droplets.

The stock Fiat carb spacer was used with the bottom of it bell mouthed on the side pointing down.

The head ports, I did increase maybe 1/32, so that I would have a anti reversion step, that is the head ports 1/32 bigger than the intake runers. I did also try to straighten the air flow to the valves, as well as some cleanup of the exhaust ports. I had an old Fiat 128 carb, the size I can't remember, which was bigger than the Yugo carb. The exhaust manifolld was a 1974 Fiat 128 part, which was basically a 4 into 2 into 1 design. 4 into 1 might be better.

The Exhaust manifold was slightly larger than the head exhaust ports. 1 7/8 ID exhaust, custom bent, using the stock cat, and a small Toyota or Dodge 4 cyl resonator under the trunk. This allowed a 2 inch tail pipe, in the stock location. Very pleasing sound, like it was 500cc bigger engine.

I kept the Fiat cam housing mounted distributor, and messed with the advance weights to get more mechanical advance, which isn't enough in stock form.

How much of the Fiat do you have? I never had a reason to try, but if you can put the guts of a 5 speed into the Yugo case, the Fiat shifter is on the wrong side, you could then use the X1/9 axles, which have double CV joints, and both axles are the same length. The torque steer with the long and short Yugo axles is a REAL handfull on hard accel. Nearly uncontrolable in a on/off power.situation.

The other thing is a strut rod to prevent the engine from rotating, which it will. Maybe reinforce the firewall, and make a bracket from the cam housing, like early Fiats had. And the good old shock tower side to side brace.

With your equipment, a custom made intake for a side draft Weber would solve a big air intake issue. The X1/9 engine being taller, gets the carb too close to the hood. A 4 inch tall air filter element would be good for air flow, but unless you scoop the hood, you can't have enough room.